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Sabal pix in habitat

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December 4, 20169 yr

On 10/24/2016, 8:30:54, PalmatierMeg said:

Down here seeds ripen in July/August. I didn't find the green variety seeds difficult to germinate. Biggest problem around here is vanloads of seed poachers trespass private and public land to strip seeds from saw palmettos then sell them for manufacturing prostate supplements.

At my age I snack on them straight off the tree.

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December 17, 20169 yr

Here are some old photos I found from sometime in Jan/Feb 2010 of Sabal Palmetto in Habitat. This time, at Fort De Soto Park at the southern tip of Pinellas County (St. Petersburg), FL. I'll break it into a couple of posts. Note the blackened trunks in some of the pics. There was definitely a fire not terribly long before my visit. At most a year or so. I'm sorry for the poor quality. These were all taken with a now very old iPhone, I think it was a 3 or 3S maybe? Whatever the new one was back then in 2010.

Ill include a few other odds and ends, including a stray coconut that appears to have just volunteered itself in the middle of nowhere near a beach. My guess is that maybe it washed ashore? It certainly does not look cared for and it is still reasonably short, but it is also reasonably healthy looking.

Enjoy!

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December 17, 20169 yr

Here are more pics from the same trip above. The coconut is in this group. One shot of it from the beach, and another looking towards the beach. Again, sorry for the poor quality of the photos. 2010 iPhone 3/3S.